Tag: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Public Health Agency of Canada Budgets $17.6 Million for COVID Vaccine Passport Program Until 2025: Memo

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) budgeted millions for a vaccine passport program until fiscal 2024–2025, with a Department of Health memo saying the funding was needed to support federal public health measures “as needed going forward.” “The expected result would be that Canadians have continued access to the Canadian COVID-19 proof of vaccination…


Cory Morgan: Trudeau–Smith Calgary Stampede Meeting Significant as Neither Side Indicates Any Willingness to Compromise

Commentary Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made his usual appearance at this year’s Calgary Stampede, an event that draws over one million visitors to the rodeo and midway every year. Although he often gets a chilly reception at the 10-day festival which draws politicians of all stripes out of  the woodwork, Trudeau usually makes an appearance…


Peter Menzies: Online News Act Debacle Was All Very Predictable

Commentary Canada’s attempts to play the tough guy took some laughable turns last weekend as those leading the fight couldn’t have made it more clear that politicians need Facebook a lot more than it needs politicians. The week began with a macho enough veneer. Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez held a news conference in which—as a…


John Robson: NATO Pressure Won’t Stop Canada’s Free-Riding on US Defence Spending

Commentary According to a newspaper, not this one, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week “pressure will be on” to make a meaningful contribution to the alliance. Pressure being a colourless, odourless gas whose only known effect is to cause journalists to write headlines. We’ve been free-riding on…


David Krayden: Continuing the War in Ukraine Is Not a Viable Foreign Policy for Canada or NATO

Commentary As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares for the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania this week, he should speak wisely. Amid all the strained and fabricated hoopla surrounding Trudeau’s “surprise” visit to Ukraine in June, almost all of the media missed one important moment: Canada becoming “a guarantor” of Ukraine’s safety. And those media that…


David Krayden: No Vax, No Organ Transplant? No Sense From COVID-19 Establishment

Commentary Is Canada stuck in some kind of COVID-19 time warp where we still insist people keep taking the vaccine or else they are denied life-saving services? Yes, we are. Take the case of Sheila Annette Lewis, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness in 2018 and was told she required an organ transplant to live….


Executive With Beijing-Led Infrastructure Bank Resigns, Says AIIB Dominated by Communist Party Members

The global communications chief for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has announced his resignation, saying in a statement on June 14 that the bank is being controlled by “Communist Party hacks” and that Canada’s best interests are not served by being a member. “As a patriotic Canadian, this was my only course,” said executive…


Canadian Executive With Beijing-Led Infrastructure Bank Resigns, Says AIIB Dominated by CCP Members

The global communications chief for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has announced his resignation, saying in a statement on June 14 that the bank is being controlled by “Communist Party hacks” and that Canada’s best interests are not served by being a member. “As a patriotic Canadian, this was my only course,” said executive…


Barbara Kay: NB Premier’s Stance Supporting Parental Rights a Promising Sign

Commentary New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has called for a review of LGBTQ policies in schools. Henceforth, parents of children under 16 will have the right to be informed of any changes of names or pronouns at school. “For it purposefully to be hidden from the parents, that’s a problem,” said Higgs. “To suggest that it’s…


Feds Warned About Risks of Delaying 24 Sussex Decision Almost a Year Before It Closed

Almost a year before the closure of 24 Sussex Drive due to disrepair and an infestation of rodents, the chairman of the National Capital Commission’s board of directors warned that further delaying a cabinet decision on the fate of the residence would put the whole structure at risk. The mansion, which sits on a prime…